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· 8/16/1985

Robert McK Foster, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Almon O. Thompson, Deceased, and Doris E. Thompson, Deceased v. United States

Citations

  • 768 F.2d 1278
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 21342

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  • noting that Florida had no interest in application of its law limiting wrongful death defendants’ exposure in a case where no defendant was a Florida resident
  • court applies Illinois law where policy considerations which underlie that state's rule will be more significantly furthered than policy considerations which underlie Florida's rule
  • disfavoring law of place where air disaster occurred

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Judges: Kravitch, Clark, Wright

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